Collapsible case



F. C. KING.

COLLAPSIBLE (IASE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.2. I916.

1,322,700.. Patented Nov. 25, 1919.

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A TTOR/VEVS F. C. KING.

COLLAPSIBLE CASE.

APPLLCATION FILED NOV. 2. 915- 1,322,700, Patented Nov. 25, 1919..

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nw/mro/r Arm/mm F. C. KING.

Patented Nov. 25, 1919.

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,4 TTOR/VEYS FREDERICK KING, onsY nAoUsE, nnw ronnessrsnon TO KING SHIPPING-CASE V oonPoRATIon,.-or SYRACUSE, nnw YonK,.A,ooRronnTIon;oF xrnw YORK.

COLLABSIBLE QASE inaia'zooy To all whom it my 05mm} V 7 Be it knownthat I, FREDERICK C. Kine; 'a

citizen of the United States; and a'resident of Syracuse in the county ofOnondaga and State of New York, have inventeda certain new and useful Collapsible Case, of: which the following 'is ia specification; I i

This invention has forits objecta collapsible case particularly adapted forsh'ippingfurniture or other goods which ":mustbe cl'eanly'and carefully'packed;which case is particularly; simple in construction 'andhighlyefficient and durable inuse and "the invention consists in the combinations and constructions -hBI'G1I1 8l ftGI" -S6fi forth and claimed; o

In describing 1 this invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the Views. V Figure l is aside elevation 'ofa-preferable e'mbodimentof this-collapsible case.

'- frames which support aish'eet' me'tal casing, H

Fig. 2-isz an end elevationfthebottom be- 7 .ing. shown as foldedupwardly preliminary to the collapsing of thenc'asev'and the door being removed. V p w p Fig. 3 is a top plan of the case. Fig. :4 .is a horizontal sectional View thereof, the position ofthe door preliminary to the collapsing of thecase being indicated in dotted-lines;

Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic viewillustrating the collapsing action of the case;

Figs. 6 and 7 arefragmentary-views illustrating respectively the latch for the door, and contiguous parts, 'andi'one of the joints between. one end body. I a

v This collapsible case comprises, generally, a rectangular body. collapsible from its rectangular form into aflattened" rhomboid fornnwall s bl said body being foldable preliminary to the collapsing action, intoposltions contiguous to other vwalls which form the sides of the rhomb'oi'dj 'Thecase also comprises truck wheels carriedgat the lower edges of theupright sides: of the body. H

The body is composed of upright sides,

v. 11,2 opposite endframesorwalls 4, a bottom wall'5, 'an'da topwall 6'. a v D I "Thesewalls are. composed of angle iron with the-exception of=the wall whioh'is Specification of Lettersiat'ent,

the sidewalls of the I Patented Nov. 2 5, 191 9.,

p Application filed'Nov'ernber 2,:19'16 Serial No. 129,099. V 1 I i composed of a frame only and thebottom 5 which is a Wood floor.

lnthis form of my invention, the body is collapsible horizontally from its rectangular form into a rhomboid form and the frames of the sides and-ends are pivoted together as at-7 on vertical pivots, the pivots extend:

in-g through lapping portions of the angle N iron frame'elements 8 of the side and end walls The bottom 5 is hinged on one edge at 10 to th'e' lower horizontallirame bar of the side 2, and rests at its otheror free edge on --"the-low'er horizontal frame bar ofthe sidel the ffioor fitti-ng within the rectangle 'inclosed by the "lower margins of the side and end walls and holding the body'l from 2 prelimin'aryto the". collapsing of. the case. I The openend wall 4 of thecaseis closed bya suitable door 12. 37 .T Reinforcing bars 130i angle iron are also disposed centrally midway between theends of the case, these bars 13 beingpivoted at '14 to the upper andlowerframe bars of the "side walls 15 2; I

" .The door 12 at one end of the case is hinged at 1'5'to an upright angle iron" frame bar of the side 2 and laps at its free end the upr1ght angle-iron frame bar of thevsi'de 1. Said :door rl2 islheldin its closed position by suitable latches16 pivoted at 17 to the door 12 and having hooks or'bills 18,11 ig. a

-6, .movablefi-through openings in the studs 19 proj ectingthrough thee flangeof the upright angleir-on barat the contiguous edge of the side wall 1.- V

When the caseis closed ready for ship- I 1 =ment,' the latches 16 may be sealed or locked in their closed position.

The top wall 6 is also preferably movable in order to permit the collapsing'and setting 1 up of the case and this top wall is here shown as hinged at 20-to the upper. horizontal angle iron 0f the side 1 and is foldable o'utwardly'from its'position shown in Fig 2; into a posit on in which it hangslcontiguous to the outer side of the wall 1. i The top wall; also .fits within the rectangle formed by the": upper margins of the side and endfwall'sandholdsthe case'from collapsing.

When-the fiiioris folded into the positionv 1 openings 22 in shown in Fig. 3, and the top into the ,posi.--

tion shown in dotted. lines, Fig; 2, and the door 12 folded into the position shown in dottedlines, Fig. 4, the case; can be collapsed; r The top wall is provided with looking lneans as pins 21 'which extend through the end angl'e' iron frame .wall- '6, and into the alined openings, in the 'upper' horizontal frame The pins are locked bars of the top pieces of the ends 3, 4-. from the inside of the case by keys passed through transverse openings 23.

Suitable wheels as truck. wheels and caster-wheels 25 are provided at the lower edges otthe'uprightsides 1, 2, these wheels being supported in bearings carried bythe lower-horizontal angle irons of the sides 1, 2; The vertical angle-iron pieces 26 of the.

end-g are located tothe inside of the con tiguous flanges of the; vertical corner, pieces 27 of the side Walls 1 and-2 in order to'per- .mit collapsingof the case as indicatedin" 1 Fig. 7.:

,- This case isparticularly -.eificient inthat it provides a strong, durable,'dry andfdust= proof "compartment forjfurniture .or any "articles which are to be carefully handled, ;.during shipment, "and inthat it can be readily'ficollapsed and handled for reshipment when empty; It, is further advantageousin that it is .held from collapsing by the bottom and the topwalls, and :is read- ,ily locked-when setup by two pins, coact'ing with the-top wall. p

Obviously, a .collapsiblecase forthe purpose described would be. a difficult object to move even when collapsed, but by providing the upright sidesl and-2-with the truck wheels 24 and thecaster wheels 25, this collapsible case can "be easily moved, either in its open'or collapsing position asthe wheels 24 and 25 are always in their operative posi- .tion's.'

What I claim V 1 A collapsible case comprising a rec:

'tangular body including atop, bottom, side and end walls, the body being collapsible horizontally froma rectangularfiform to a flattened rhomboid form, and thebottom wall being foldable, upwardly," and the top wall being foldable preliminaryfto the'collapsing of the body, andmeans' for locking the top in its closed position from the inside or" the body, the body havingla door at] one end, substantially asand for the purposef'des.

scribed. I

2. A collapsible case comprising including top, bottom, side and 1 end -'walls', said wallscomprisingframes and the frames of the side wallsbeing pivotedtothe frames 7 V ofthe end walls and including vertical-end l ing open members and the frame" of -one end 1 wall betop and; bottom,

and including 7 members which are PIVOtQdfili their ends to the frames ofrthe contiguous side-walls, and a door "at the open end wall," the door being supported by tlie'upright framemember of one of saidside walls andmovable into and outof position across said open" end wall and coacting'with the upright framemember of the 'otherside wall, substantially as and for {the -purpose specified. l

saidwalls comprising frames and the frames of theslde walls being pivoted to the frames of the end walls and including vertical-end members and the-frameof one oflthe end walls being open-and including top and bottom members which are pivoted at their endssto. theframes of the-contiguous side walls, a door atthe open endiwall, the door being hinged tothe vertical'trame member .otoneof sa dwalls and movablefinto and out of fposition =across said l'open end into engagement with-theverticalframe member 1 of the other sicle'-member-,'the bottom wall of the -bodyxfnormally fitting the rectangle 5 I formedby the lower margins'of the sideand end walls and. being. foldable upwardly-pre 35A collapsible case comprising a body v including atop, bottom, side and end walls,

liminaifylto the collapsing of the m ted thetop well being foldable preliminary to the collapjsing actionjof the case and normally fittingthetrectangle formed bythe upper marginspof-the'iside and end walls, and means on the inside-oft-thebodyqfor stantially as and 'for'the purpose set forth.

. 4:. Alcollapsible' :ca'se comprising a rectangular body lincludingxa bottom,v top, side locking 'th'e top in its' closednposition, subii and end walls, the body. having a movable door at one end, and'the body being collapsible from a rectangular form into a fiat-. tened 'rhomboid torm, the bottom and top wallsfand the door being foldable into posipurposespecified: a

' 5; 'A' collapsible tangular'body including a bottom, top, side and end walls, the body -being collapsible -horizontallyfrom a rectangular form into a flattened rhoinboid torm theJbody having.

a dooratoheend, the top andibottom walls and thedoorbeing hinged, the bottom wall being mov-abl'e inwardly on its hinge against case .comprisinglarec- I ,onefof,the i uprightlwalls ot the' body, the top-{wall being movaiblel on itsihinge outwar'dlyj into a position fad] acent one .of-the upright "walls or thesbody, and the .door he-- i'ng also movableoutwardly adjacentone'of the upright walls "offthe'body, the bottom 1' i and topwalls fittingthe rectangles formed 2 respectively 'by-the..upper and lower mars.

gins he side-:and: end walls, means'for 3 int holding the bottom Wall from downward 7 set forth.

6. A collapsible case comprising a rectangular body including bottom, top, side and end walls, the body being collapsible from a rectangular form into a flattened form and the side Walls being moved inwardly and outwardly'to and from each other in the folding and unfolding of the case, and wheel trucks provided on the body at the lower edges of the opposite side Walls and carried by the latter in their inward and outward movements.

7. Acollapsible case comprising a rectangular body including bottom, top,'side and end Walls, the body, being collapsible from the rectangular form into a flattened form, and the side Walls being movable to- Ward and from each other in parallelism in the folding and unfolding of the case, and truck Wheels provided on the side edges of the parallel walls and carried by the same in their inward and outwardv movements to and from a position in transverse alinement and arranged for use When the 7 case is either collapsed or unfolded.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto of Onondaga,and State of New York, this signed my name, at Syracuse, in the'county V 

